This morning Mr. Mussleman from the Burlington Science Center and Mr. Papadonis, retired director of the center, participated in an all school assembly. They helped students understand the difference between a physical and chemical reaction. The presentation went off with a "bang" as a pumpkin exploded showing students a chemical reaction.

Friday, November 18, 2016

Rachel would love your help! If you're willing and able, please fill out this form. (Choices are automatically deleted once the time slots are filled.) She will need assistance setting up, writing wish lists, selling, wrapping, restocking, and closing up.

Please let Rachel know if you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns: rsmall@bpsk12.org.

Congratulations to Erin Shortell, Ethan Thomas, Nathan Kim, Camilla Pelayo, Missy Skehan, Matty Conte, and Ryan McWhinnie for being our Students of the Week. Erin, Ethan, Nathan, Camilla, Missy, Matty, and Ryan have done great work showing appropriate, safe and kind behavior (ASK). Thank you for being role models!

This morning during my walk through I saw Morning Meeting and Responsive Classroom taking place in Mrs. Hoyt's kindergarten classroom, Mrs. Bourgeois's first grade classroom and Ms. Jackson's first grade classroom too.

The Morning Meeting is a great tool to prepare students to learn, work on social-emotional learning, and build a culture of respect.

Responsive Classroom is an approach that shows the link between social-emotional learning and academics. It also creates a community and enhances a culture of kindness.

Both Morning Meeting and Responsive Classroom are great practices that strengthen our message of being appropriate, safe and kind (ASK). We recognize ASK behaviors at Pine Glen with "Hoot" cards. The reason we call them "Hoot" cards is because our mascot is an owl.

Monday, November 14, 2016

During my walk through today I saw Ms. Fallon, art teacher, and Mrs. Sheppard, first grade teacher, co-teaching a lesson on sentence structure and the relationship to illustrations found in books. Students were creating a sentence with matching illustration to show comprehension of the book they had previously read and their knowledge of story elements.

Friday, November 4, 2016

Below are the newest members of the Pine Glen Birthday Book Club. Members were invited to the library to select a book from the new acquisitions. A special bookplate with their name and the name(s) of the donor were placed inside the front cover. Photos with the birthday book are on the Birthday Book Club Wall outside the learning commons (library). Ms. Small appreciates the donations. Pine Glen Elementary School students will love these new books. Applications will be accepted again in the spring.

Welcome to Pine Glen!

Pine Glen Elementary School

Pine Glen School is located on a beautiful wooded setting in the town of Burlington, Massachusetts. The school has 312 students and includes grades kindergarten through grade five. The school was erected in 1962 and is still in excellent condition. Pine Glen is a learning community with excellent teachers, wonderful children and a very supportive parent community.